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Faith through Discipline: What I Learned from Leading the 90 Day Fiat Program
Christian ascetic practices have a long history. In this post, Samantha Whiskeyman shares what she learned by participating in this ancient and storied tradition.
Samantha Whiskeyman
Sep 4, 20255 min read
Sins of Our Fathers
"When people are told no enough, and at the wrong times in their lives, they never recover. At least, some don't."
Peppur Chambers
Jun 29, 20246 min read
Pretending: Meditations on Sisterhood
Quincy Schmechel reflects on sisterhood, a many-splendored thing.
Quincy Schmechel
May 12, 202419 min read
Extremophilia: Ligia Fonseca Coelho is Shaping the Future of Astrobiology
Ligia Fonseca Coelho advances—and adapts to—the cutting edge of astrobiology.
The Outinis
Mar 3, 20248 min read
A Case for Brussels Sprouts
"Brussels sprouts sabji represents both our Indian AND our American sides. It is my mom, and it is also me."
The Outinis
Feb 25, 20245 min read
Gifts Unexpected
Peppur Chambers reflects on the unexpected beauty of loss.
Peppur Chambers
Feb 18, 20244 min read
Do I Know You?: A Rant about Labels and the Conflicts They Feed
"Prejudice happens when we start to believe that we know each other simply because we know each other’s labels."
Richard Vogel
Feb 11, 20245 min read
The Eel Question
Where do eels come from? More importantly, where are the luna moths going?
Quincy Schmechel
Jan 28, 202420 min read
A Good Olfaction Romance: Noses, Telegraphs, Christian Virtue, and Uncanny Vice in Ella Cheever Thayer’s Wired Love
Noses remind us of all that the Puritans hoped to repress, which telegraphy promised to replace.
Mekiya Outini
Jan 21, 202411 min read
Overwatch: Arjun Bisen Assesses Risk, Strives to Stabilize to the World
"Arjun Bisen may not have spent decades practicing diplomacy in foreign countries, but the internet is a country of its own."
The Outinis
Jan 7, 20248 min read
Mark Bookman: We Miss Knowing That You're There
We remember our late friend Mark Bookman, a historian, advocate, teacher, partner, mentor, and son.
The Outinis
Dec 10, 202322 min read
Hope, However Chill the Land and Sore the Storm
Itto and Mekiya Outini examine the phenomenon of hope, the selection pressures that produced it, and the evolutionary niche it fills.
The Outinis
Oct 15, 20238 min read
ChatGPT is Here, and We are Not Afraid
"Why," ask the Outinis, "are so many creatives so afraid of getting displaced by a technology that’s not, in fact, capable of creativity?"
The Outinis
Aug 24, 202311 min read
No News is Good News
Mekiya Outini seeks better ways to engage with the news in the 21st-century's post-truth media landscape.
Mekiya Outini
Jul 24, 202313 min read
Banking on a Myth
In this co-authored commentary, the Outinis ask, "If we're going to let ideas possess us, shouldn't we ask them what they mean to do?"
The Outinis
Jun 26, 20237 min read
A Christmas Krachel
All Mekiya wants for Christmas is to have the kitchen to himself.
Mekiya Outini
Dec 11, 20227 min read
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